<![CDATA[This study aims to find expressive speech acts and the meaning presented based on its categories is in accordance with the actual context in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie script. This research was designed using descriptive qualitative method. In this research, the researcher used himself (human instrument) as a research instrument, because of the position of the researcher as a planner, implementer of data collection, implementer of data analysis, interpretation, and becomes a reporter for the findings. By using Searle’s theory (illocutionary act), the research results showed that of 963 utterances uttered by all actors in the Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie, the researcher took 10 samples representing all utterances that included in the expressive speech acts with data divided into 7 types of speech acts according to Searle (illocutionary act) in Leech (1983), with the distribution of data as follows: reproach consists of 2 data (20%); liking of 1 data (10%); disliking of 2 data (20%); blaming of 1 data (10%); greeting of 2 data (20%); congratulating of 1 data (10%); and welcoming as many as 1 data (10%).]]>
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